F-35 Fighter Jet Flaws Can Be Overcome, U.S. Marine General Says
- Operating advantages outweigh deficiencies, says Lt Gen. Davis
- Marines first to declare initial operational capacity for jet
An F-35 fighter jet.
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The U.S. military remains confident that any operating flaws in Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter jets -- the costliest U.S. weapons program -- will be rectified, according to a senior Marine Corps officer.
“We are operating the airplane, training in the airplane, making us ready to deploy to the Pacific,” Lieutenant General Jon M. Davis, deputy commandant for aviation, said Wednesday in a briefing on the sidelines of the Singapore Air Show. “We have developed workarounds to get around any deficiencies we have seen out there. Right now, operating capabilities and advantage we get from this airplane far outweigh any deficiencies.”